Waste Combustor Turns Plastic into Clean Energy
Just think about all the plastic people use every single day--bottles, Tupperware, packaging--the list goes on...
Three-Inch Device Detects 3,000 Types of Viruses and Bacteria
Turns out good things really do come in small packages. Researchers at theLawrence Livermore National Laboratoryrecently...
World’s First Vertical Cube Garden Planted In Spain
We love us some urban gardening and this new plant cube in Getafe, Spain has us giddy with leafy excitement. It...
Ground Broken on a Test Pilot Plant for Fuel Sweating Organisms
A Massachusetts company is moving forward on a test pilot facility for fuel sweating plant production -- yes, that's...
Shooting Laser Beams in the Sky Could Produce Rain Clouds
Researchers at Switzerland's University of Geneva have come up with an interesting way of making it rain--shooting...
Pepsi’s Reverse Vending Machine Pays You to Recycle
Traditional vending machines require cash before providing folks with a tasty beverage. The Dream Machine, a new...
Shoe Generator Harvests Power from Walking
Photo courtesy of lusi These shoes were made for walking--and for producing power. A researcher at Louisiana...
New Gasification Process More Efficiently Converts Biomass to Biofuels
A traditional gasification plant Turning biomass like switchgrass and other plants into usable fuel is no easy...
Cows on Treadmills Could Produce Six Percent of the World’s Power
At one farm in Northern Ireland, cows are giving up green grass in favor of green power. In order to decrease his...
New All Electric Peugeot Concept Can Do 360 Degree Helicoptor Rotations
The Peugeot 1001 is an all electric concept vehicle that -- if it becomes a reality -- would prove to be a lot...
New Tsunami Generator Can Help Designers Create Wave-Proof Buildings
Therecent earthquakes and tsunamis sparked a slew of research into designing disaster-proof infrastructure. The...
IRONIC: Scientists Find Wind Farms Could Actually Raise Temperatures
Researchers at MIT have discovered that it's possible that a large scale installation of wind turbines can actually...
16 Cities Sue Atrazine Maker for Contaminating Their Water
Atrazine (the most common herbicide on Earth) has been clogging the news waves lately with a recent study that...
All-Electric Tata Nano Revealed in Geneva
We were beyond excited upon learning that the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano, might be released in hybrid...
Retrofitted Hotel Revives Past For Eco-Friendly Future
Recover, restore, and reuse. That was the mantra employed by Portugal-based architecture team Ezzo, led by César...
